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Georgia: Russian Border Opening Plan Under Scrutiny

Mixed motives seen in proposed move to end three-year frontier closure. By Dimitri Avaliani in Tbilisi and Samvel Avagian in Yerevan (CRS No. 520, 20-Nov-09) There are fears in Georgia that the government’s readiness to re-open...

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[Turkey through a traveler’s eyes] Across Anatolia with British traveler W.J. Childs in 1914 (II)

Childs chose the Central Anatolian town of Sivas to pay off Achmet, the loyal araba driver who had guided him from the Black Sea port of Samsun. During the first day’s journey from Sivas, Childs claimed to have been attacked by...

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Sugar factories against foreign investors

announced it will auction off and privatize six sugar production factories owned by Türkiye Şeker Fabrikaları, or Türkşeker, on Thursday, Nov. 19, which generated a bustle of activity and controversy in the sugar industry....

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Wind farms in Turkey, a deliberately lost opportunity?

The wind potential of Turkey could mean producing all of its electricity from wind alone, a totally renewable source of energy. The EPDK received license applications totaling 78,000 megawatts (MW), twice the amount of the...

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Ok, Techies. Answer me this.

Ok, Techies. Answer me this. HD or Plasma? All opinions welcome. On the TV, that is. by HD do you mean LCD? i searched the world over when looking for a tv a year or so ago. and came to the conclusion i didn't "need" to hang it...

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Forecast Turkey, weather Turkey, meteo Turkey

Weather Turkey, Ankara weather, weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains, the...

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Samsun and Antep clash in Bank Asya League 1 opener

Week 12 of the Bank Asya League 1 kicks off today, with Samsunspor hosting Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor at the 19 Mayıs Stadium in Samsun. Going into this match whipping boy Samsunspor is second from bottom with eight...

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Bids for Turkey’s power grids reach $1.2bn

TurkeyÂ’s privatisation administration (OIB) received bids totalling $1.2bn at an auction of three power grids in Ankara on Friday, a test of market conditions that has persuaded it to press ahead with sales to ease strains on...

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Turkish Media Reports On Armenian Media Publishing In Turkish

TURKISH MEDIA REPORTS ON ARMENIAN MEDIA PUBLISHING IN TURKISH Tert Nov 2 2009 Armenia It is not unusual to see English and Russian versions of Armenian news sites. But something unusual has started to occur recently, as some...

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Six die across country during weekend floods

Six people died during floods caused by heavy rain throughout the country this weekend, with the latest death coming on Monday in the Eruh district of Siirt. One of the teachers, Arif Yaşar (23), drowned in the floodwaters....

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